Vietnamese Numbers

Vietnamese Numbers

If you're trying to learn Vietnamese Numbers you will find some useful resources including a course about Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers... to help you with your Vietnamese grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Vietnamese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

Vietnamese Numbers

Learning the Vietnamese Numbers is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Vietnamese language. But first we need to know what the role of Numbers is in the structure of the grammar in Vietnamese.

Vietnamese cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Here are some examples:

English Numbers

Vietnamese Numbers

numbers

số

one

một

two

hai

three

ba

four

bốn

five

năm

six

sáu

seven

bảy

eight

tám

nine

chín

ten

mười

eleven

mười một

twelve

mười hai

thirteen

mười ba

fourteen

mười bốn

fifteen

mười lăm

sixteen

mười sáu

seventeen

mười bảy

eighteen

mười tám

nineteen

mười chín

twenty

hai mươi

hundred

trăm

one thousand

một ngàn

million

triệu

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Numbers in Vietnamese has a logical pattern. Locate the Numbers above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Vietnamese.

List of Ordinal Numbers in Vietnamese

Vietnamese Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Vietnamese. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Vietnamese vocabulary.

English Numbers

Vietnamese Numbers

Ordinal Numbers

số thứ tự

first

đầu tiên

second

thứ hai

third

thứ ba

fourth

thứ tư

fifth

thứ năm

sixth

thứ sáu

seventh

thứ bảy

eighth

thứ tám

ninth

thứ chín

tenth

thứ mười

eleventh

thứ mười một

twelfth

thứ mười hai

thirteenth

thứ mười ba

fourteenth

thứ mười bốn

fifteenth

thứ mười lăm

sixteenth

thứ mười sáu

seventeenth

thứ (hạng) mười bảy

eighteenth

thứ (hạng) mười tám

nineteenth

thứ (hạng) mưới chín

twentieth

thứ (hạng) hai mươi

once

một lần

twice

hai lần

Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers have a very important role in Vietnamese, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Vietnamese Numbers, you might want to check the rest of our Vietnamese lessons here: Learn Vietnamese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.